# Accident 20160112000649A: Cessna 172N, Gilmer, TX, January 12, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2016, 23:59 local time
- Place: Gilmer, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6839° N, 94.9511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6839&lon=-94.9511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737EZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737EZ-2018-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320-H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 258 total, 258 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160112000649A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JANUARY 13, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 0120 AM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, THE NORTH TEXAS FSDO RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF AN AIRPLANE CRASH NEAR GILMER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KJXI). THE AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA 172N, N737EZ, SERIAL NUMBER 17269373 WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRPLANE HAD TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, ONE BEING OWNER/PILOT WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE.  HIS PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED BUT CONSCIOUS AND INFORMED SHERIFF DEPUTY NUESTAD THAT THEY WERE COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH AND SOMETHING WENT WRONG, THEY CIRCLED AROUND AND THAT WAS ALL SHE REMEMBERED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN16FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA083), Jan 13, 2016: Cessna 172N (N737EZ), Gilmer, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain an…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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